Fate/No Heart
Disclaimer: I do not own both Kingdom Hearts and Fate/Zero or any of their respective works.
Summary
When Xehanort learns of a world that holds an artifact that is said to be able to grant any wish, his curiosity led him to a world where magic users are a hidden society that hold an annual once-in-a-lifetime competition called The Holy Grail War.
The Prelude
The Land of Departure- a special world located between the Realm of Darkness and the Realm of Light. The world held a slightly golden castle set high in the mountains with a large circular area in the middle of it which leads to the entrance of the castle. And in the area, a dark portal opened up. Within the portal, a figure dressed in a black coat stepped forward from the annals of darkness.
The figure took off his hood, revealing his identity to be Xehanort.
Xehanort, a adult male that appears to be around his late thirties who has silver hair, tanned skin, and golden eyes was walking down to the entrance of The Castle.
The Keyblade Master was in deep thought as he walked to the Castle door. He hadn't seen Eraqus since they graduated from being mere Keyblade wielders to Keyblade Masters and, despite not liking Eraqus's clear bias for the light and blatant hatred of the darkness, saw him as a brother. Thus, he had decided to pay Eraqus a surprise visit to the Land of Departure.
He also wanted to peruse the castle's library to do more research on Kingdom Hearts. But that could come second- for now.
Arriving at the locked castle door, he knocked.
Once. No Answer.
Twice. Nothing.
Three times. No response.
'Perhaps he's offworld at the moment," he thought.
He knocked once again to confirm that Eraqus was indeed not home.
After waiting five minutes with no response from inside the castle, Xehanort sighed.
'He's definitely off-world.'
He remembered Eraqus saying that he would be welcomed back to the castle at anytime and, that on the off-chance he was not there to welcome him due to his duties as a Keyblade Master, to just enter as it is his home as well.
Xehanort smiled. That's what he has always liked about Eraqus. So quick to welcome others with open arms.
He extended his right arm out in front of him and willed his keyblade to come to his hand. In a brief moment, it appeared in his hand in a mist of darkness. The keyblade had a dark appearance. It had a spiky, black guard resembling demonic wings. A horned, demonic head just above the handle, two barbed shafts, and teeth resembling a battle axe split into three almost claw-like protrusions.
Xehanort pointed his keyblade at the door's lock. Soon, a thin beam of light shot out from the keyblade and went straight into the lock. He heard the door unlocked and began walking as he saw the castle's door opened.
The Master Library, a massive collection of knowledge collected from and on different worlds. This oasis of knowledge, where Xehanort had spent time in since his days as an apprentice, holds information transcribed and collected from each generations of Keyblade Masters since the end of the Keyblade War. Yet even in this fountain of knowledge and learning, there are some subjects that cannot be so easily found.
In the castle's master library, Xehanort had taken out a couple dozen or so books and laid them out on a table. A fair number of these books relate the creation of the Keyblade, some on the Keyblade War, a few on Kingdom Hearts, and fewer on how one might able to use it.
As Xehanort spent hours peering through each passages of each page of every book he could on find on these subjects, he found that not even one of these books could tell him how to obtain Kingdom Hearts.
Exasperated, exhausted, and slightly enraged due to not finding any information he had wanted to find, he curled his hands into fists and slammed the table in front of him.
"Damn it!" he shouted, his face contorted into a mix between a frown and a snarl.
He didn't spent years wandering the many worlds searching for information on Kingdom Hearts for nothing.
Every time he discovered new information on Kingdom Hearts, he had felt he was getting closer to solving the mysteries surrounding it. Yet, as time went on, as he found and memorized new information pertaining to Kingdom Hearts, he had felt as though he hadn't been making any true progress. He was so close, yet so far!
Xehanort took a breath and calmed himself down. It wouldn't do for him to lose his cool like that. Still, he wished that he could find the information on how to obtain Kingdom Hearts.
"..."
A spark of inspiration hit him.
"Eureka!" he exclaimed.
If he couldn't find the necessary information obtain Kingdom Hearts, then he would just simply find an all powerful wish granting artifact that would obtain Kingdom Hearts for him. If on the off-chance that it could not grant his wish, then he would simply wish for information on how to obtain Kingdom Hearts himself.
Invigorated by this realization and with curiosity in his heart, he dove back into the library looking for books with information on powerful wish granting artifacts.
Some time later
A book was flung from across the library as Xehanort had discovered that it, too, did not have the answers that he sought. 'Darn it,' he thought. His eyes were filled with disappointment once again.
Xehanort walked to a rather bookcase holding multiple books. He looked up and said, "Perhaps it was too much of a stretch to hope for an all powerful wishing artifact that would do the work for me," he muttered.
He curled his right hand up into a fist and, hoping to rid himself of his mild irritation and disappointment, punched the bookcase.
What happened next was a minor event which will soon lead to a major event.
The punch shook the entire bookcase which led it to suddenly move. When it suddenly moved, one of the books at the very top of the bookcase fell and plunged right down onto Xehanort's face.
*thud*
"..."
Xehanort slowly removed the book from his face. As he did, he caught a look of the title of the book.
"The Holy Grail Wars." he read.
'What is this book?' he wondered. Filled with intrigue and curiosity in his heart, he quickly opened the book and, as a result, soon learned of a world where people fought, bled, and even died. All for the chance to have their single greatest wish granted.
FATE/NO HEART
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